School Description

Provided by Skidmore College

The principal mission of Skidmore College is the education of predominantly full-time undergraduates, a diverse population of talented students who are eager to engage actively in the learning process. The college seeks to prepare liberally educated graduates to continue their quest for knowledge and to make the choices required of informed, responsible citizens. Skidmore faculty and staff create a challenging yet supportive environment that cultivates students' intellectual and personal excellence, encouraging them to expand their expectations of themselves while they enrich their academic understanding.

In keeping with the college's founding principle of linking theoretical with applied learning, the Skidmore curriculum balances a commitment to the liberal arts and sciences with preparation for professions, careers, and community leadership. Education in the classroom, laboratory, and studio is enhanced by cocurricular and field experience opportunities of broad scope.

Underpinning the entire enterprise are faculty members' scholarly and creative interests, which inform their teaching and contribute, in the largest sense, to the advancement of learning.

The college also embraces its responsibility as an educational and cultural resource for alumni and for a host of nontraditional student populations, and for providing educational leadership in the Capital District and beyond.

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Skidmore College

From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Skidmore College is a private, liberal arts college located in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. The college currently enrolls approximately 2,500 students and offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in more than 60 areas of study. For the 2007-2008 academic year, 35% of applicants were offered spaces in the first-year class. In 2006, Newsweek/Kaplan identified Skidmore as one of 25 'New Ivies,' an elite school providing an excellent education outside of the Ivy League. Since 2007, Skidmore has decided not to participate in U.S. News & World Report rankings.

History

Since its founding in the early twentieth century as a women's college, Skidmore has undergone several transformations. The Young Women's Industrial Club was formed in 1903 by Lucy Skidmore Scribner with inheritance money from her father, Joseph Russell Skidmore, a prosperous coal merchant. In 1911, the club was chartered under the name "Skidmore School of Arts" as a college to vocationally and professionally train young women.

Charles Henry Keyes became the first president of the school in 1912, and in 1919 Skidmore conferred its first baccalaureate degrees under the State University of New York. By 1922 the school was independently chartered as a four-year, degree-granting college.

Skidmore was first located in downtown Saratoga Springs, but on October 28, 1961, the college began its move to the Jonsson Campus, an plot of land on the edge of Saratoga. The Jonsson Campus was named for Skidmore trustee Erik Jonsson, the founder and president of Texas Instruments and a former mayor of Dallas, Texas (1964-1971).

Trustee Josephine Young Case delivered a charge on the development of the new campus, a speech which to this day guides Skidmore's development. For example, on Scribner Library she wrote, "And at the heart of the beating center, you must set the library where every book wanted is immediately at hand, and a thousand others wait beside them to be discovered."

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Throughbreds

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
2,459
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 32,659
Students Receiving Aid:
38%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 60
Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 57%
Men 43%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 73%
Other 17%
Asian 5%
Hispanic 3%
African-American 2%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 73%
In-State 27%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 27%
Massachusetts 16%
New Jersey 8%
Connecticut 7%
Pennsylvania 4%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 64%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Basketball (Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association)
Baseball (Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 32,659    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 32,340    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 319    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 4,188 10%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,647 12%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 16,754 36%  
Student Loans:
$ 2,758 38%  
Any Aid:
  38%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 48% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 96%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 580, Math: 580
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 670, Math: 670

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 60.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at Skidmore College

Bachelor's Level Majors

College Advice

Yahoo
I'm 13 and im going up there for a camp for 3 weeks, I just want to know is the food good? Is the hall HoweRounds good?
16 months ago
Best Answer
Howe rounds is the best dorm at skidmore! The rooms are big for dorms, and each suite (4 people) share one bathroom, which is very very convenient. The food is very good as the dining hall has just been redone this past year. There is a wide selection, so I wouldnt worry about that. I go to Skidmore...its a wonderful school. You will have a lot of fun there, it is beautiful in the summertime.

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